

Dendrobium. 131 



I. Üiscus labelli lineis paulum prosilientibus 3 in disco. 



Flores luteoli 242. D. Novae Hiberniae. 



II. Discos labelli omnino nudus. Flores albi, discus 



et gynostemium viridia 243. D. capituliflorum. 



y. Labellum e basi lineari simpliciter oblongum. Flores 



aurei 244. D. Reinwardtii. 



ö. Labellum late ligulatum, flores albi, extus et pedicelli 



scabri 245. D. scabripes. 



e. Labellum anguste lineare, antice triangulum, fere omnino 



simplex. Planta mediocris, ut praecedentes . . . . 2 45a. D. molle. 

 £. Labellum plica transversa in hypochilium et epichilium 

 divisum, antice denticulatum, planta pro genei-e et 

 tribu parva 2 45b. D. constrictum. 



Species imperfecte descripta sed certe hujus sectionis 2 46. D. Curtisii. 



2 29. D. bracteosum Reichb. f. in Lindenia II. (4 886} t. 74 et in Gard. Cbron. (1886) 

 II. 809; Sander, Orch. Guide 68. — D. chrysolabium Rolfe in Gard. Cbron. (1889) I. 

 770. — Huc D. Dixsoni Railey in Queensl. Rot. Rull. Dept. Agric. XIII. 33 et Rotany 

 Hüllet. April 1896, N. 1 3. — Caules teretes, penduli, 20 — 25 cm longi, leviter nodosi. 

 Folia oblonga, obtuse acutata, coriacea, 3 — 5 cm longa, 1,5 — 2 cm lata. Racemi 

 subcapitati, densi, pluri-multiflori ante anthesin fere strobilacei, bracteae magnae, colo- 

 ratae, ovatae, acuminatae, pedicellos superantes. Sepalum dorsale lanceolatum, acu- 

 minatum, lateralia antice triangula, acuminata, postice in mentum, apice constrictum 

 ibique clausum, ceterum apertum elongala, omnia dorso apicem usque carinata. Petala 

 obovato-lanceolata, acuta. Labellum vix semilongum, convolutum, basin versus leviter 

 panduralum, antice paulum dilatatum, apice triangulum, acutum, callus crassiusculus, 

 nitidus, hippocrepicus in margines labelli exiens in ima basi; rostellum fere semilunare, 

 filamentum longum, triangulum; fovea stigmatica antice bilobula, facies stigmatis singulari 

 modo convexa, pes gynostemii concavus. — Flores purpurei aut albi, labellum in 

 utraque forma aurantiacum, sepala petalaque 1 — 1,2 cm longa, mentum 8 mm, labellum 

 7 — 8 mm longum. 



Papuanische Provinz: Neu-Guinea ; S.O. der Insel; Milne Ray, Cloudy Mts. 

 (Micholitz!). — Exam. v. cuU.! 



Nota. Varietas »cborinum* Bailey 1. c. nil aliud est nisi forma alba ncque ullo modo 

 pro varietate habenda. 



230. D. rutriferum Reichb. f. in Gard. Cbron. (1887) II. 746 et in Lindenia III. 

 (1887) 49 t. 119. — D. puniceum Rolfe in Kew Rull. (i 901) 146; Sander, Orch. Guide 

 75. — D. oreogenum Schlechter in Nachtr. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzgeb. i. d. Südsee (1905) 

 177. — Caules fasciculati, elongato-fusiformes, ad 30 cm alti, medio 1 — 1,2 cm crassi, 

 pauci- rarius pluriarticulati ( — 12), apicem versus foliati, internodia 2,5 — 3 cm longa. 

 Folia lanceolata, acuminata, ad 8 cm longa, 1,5 — 2 cm lata. Racemi e caulibus aphyllis 

 crebri, breves, subcapitati, rhachis brevis, bracteae minutae, roseo-brunneae, triangulae, 

 Ovaria cum pedicellis rosea v. roseo-alba, circiter 2 cm longa. Sepala triangula, ovatave 

 obtusa, lateralia mentum antice clausum, quam ovarium semilongum, obtusum formantia. 

 Petala subaequilonga, spathulata, obtusa. Labellum ligulato-panduratum, apice margine 

 implicatum, igitur calceolare, ostium calceoli denticulatum, callus transversus, linearis 

 ante basin. Stelidia androclinii obtuse bilobula, filamentum subulatum. — Flores 1,5 cm 

 longi, subclausi, rosei, antice albi. — Floret? 



Papuanische Provinz: Neu-Guinea. Ohne genaueren Standort (eingeführt von 

 Linden). 



Nota. Affine est D. pleiostachyo Reichb. f. sed difTert labello antice saccato, comparan- 

 dum est porro D. trichostomo Reichb. f., a quo diflcrt lamellula transversa labelli. D. puniceum 

 Rolfe eisdem fere verbis a cl. autore descriptum est, quibus usus est Reichenbachius. Non dubito 

 porro, quin huc ponendum sit D. oreogenum Schlechter. 



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